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    1 Chronicles · 43 verses

    1 Chronicles 4

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    Jabez was named for pain, asked God to enlarge his territory and keep him from harm, and received exactly what he asked for—an unusually brisk conclusion to a family record.

    A name with a request attachedvv. 1–10

    Judah’s descendants begin in a steady procession of fathers, sons, clans, and the occasional sister. Then Jabez steps out of the list: his mother gave him a painful name, and he answered it with a prayer for blessing, territory, protection, and freedom from pain. God granted the request, and the genealogy briefly behaves like a story.

    Families, wives, and craftsmenvv. 11–23

    The names continue, though the chapter pauses for a particularly striking household: Bithiah, Pharaoh’s daughter, bears children to Mered, and Mered also takes a Judean wife, whose children are given in turn with their fathers’ and towns’ names. Elsewhere, craftsmen give Ge-harashim its name, linen workers appear at Beth-ashbea, and potters live at Netaim and Gederah in the king’s service. A genealogy, it turns out, has room for tradesmen and royal daughters alike.

    Pasture at the edge of the recordvv. 24–43

    The descendants of Simeon are listed with their cities, villages, and surrounding settlements. Shimei has sixteen sons and six daughters, yet his wider clan does not become as numerous as Judah’s—a small arithmetic mystery left standing in the open. Later, Simeonite leaders seek pasture, find a spacious and peaceful land, attack the people living there in the days of Hezekiah, and settle in their place; five hundred then go to Mount Seir and strike down the Amalekite remnant. The final sentence is wonderfully unceremonious: they have lived there to this day.

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    1. 1 Chr 4:1The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

    2. 1 Chr 4:2Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.

    3. 1 Chr 4:3These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. And their sister was named Hazzelelponi.

    4. 1 Chr 4:4Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.

    5. 1 Chr 4:5Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

    6. 1 Chr 4:6Naarah bore to him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the descendants of Naarah.

    7. 1 Chr 4:7The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan,

    8. 1 Chr 4:8and Koz, who was the father of Anub and Zobebah and of the clans of Aharhel son of Harum.

    9. 1 Chr 4:9Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”

    10. 1 Chr 4:10And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.

    11. 1 Chr 4:11Chelub the brother of Shuhah was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

    12. 1 Chr 4:12Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, of Paseah, and of Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Recah.

    13. 1 Chr 4:13The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.

    14. 1 Chr 4:14Meonothai was the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those living in Ge-harashim, which was given this name because its people were craftsmen.

    15. 1 Chr 4:15The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.

    16. 1 Chr 4:16The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

    17. 1 Chr 4:17The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

    18. 1 Chr 4:18These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah. Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

    19. 1 Chr 4:19The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

    20. 1 Chr 4:20The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The descendants of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

    21. 1 Chr 4:21The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea,

    22. 1 Chr 4:22Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi-lehem. (These names are from ancient records.)

    23. 1 Chr 4:23These were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the service of the king.

    24. 1 Chr 4:24The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.

    25. 1 Chr 4:25The sons of Shaul: Shallum, Mibsam, and Mishma.

    26. 1 Chr 4:26The sons of Mishma: Hammuel, Zaccur, and Shimei.

    27. 1 Chr 4:27Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole clan did not become as numerous as the sons of Judah.

    28. 1 Chr 4:28They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,

    29. 1 Chr 4:29Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,

    30. 1 Chr 4:30Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,

    31. 1 Chr 4:31Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.

    32. 1 Chr 4:32And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—

    33. 1 Chr 4:33and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record:

    34. 1 Chr 4:34Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah,

    35. 1 Chr 4:35Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah (son of Seraiah, son of Asiel),

    36. 1 Chr 4:36Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,

    37. 1 Chr 4:37and Ziza son of Shiphi (son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah).

    38. 1 Chr 4:38These men listed by name were the leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly,

    39. 1 Chr 4:39and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks.

    40. 1 Chr 4:40There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly.

    41. 1 Chr 4:41These who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings as well as the Meunites who were there, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.

    42. 1 Chr 4:42And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir

    43. 1 Chr 4:43and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped. And they have lived there to this day.

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    • 10Matthew 7:7–11Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
    • 10Psalms 116:1–4I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice—my appeal for mercy.
    • 10Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
    • 10Jeremiah 33:3Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
    • 10Isaiah 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
    • 10Ephesians 3:20Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
    • 102 Timothy 4:18And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
    • 10Psalms 119:173May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
    • 10John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
    • 10Romans 10:12–14For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
    • 10Genesis 33:20There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
    • 10Joshua 17:14–18Then the sons of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one portion as an inheritance? We have many people, because the LORD has blessed us abundantly.”
    • 91 Samuel 4:21And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
    • 51 Chronicles 2:24After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
    • 9Genesis 35:18And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named vvv him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
    • 431 Samuel 30:17And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.

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